On Tuesday 09 March 2010 01:10:56 Michael Geary wrote: > Ah, Jane, far be it from me to accuse you of being snarky. You're one of > the more level-headed people anyone could hope to know. > > Thanks for giving the historical background. It looks like the no-HTML > request was sound advice at the time. > > But times have changed, HTML email has become much more commonplace, the > mailing list software knows how to deal with it - and certainly it's the > mailing list software's *responsibility* to deal with it. > > So what was once good advice may now just be a source of divisiveness - > witness this discussion. :-) > > In the interest of making both newcomers and old-timers feel welcome, I > think it would be best if the FAQ simply advised people that HTML > formatting is not preserved, instead of asking us to disable a feature that > many of us are unwilling to give up. > > Thanks, > > -Mike
I'll point out that just because something is common, that doesn't make it safe. I'll shut up now as I can't say anything else on the subject. ;-) --STeve Andre' _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
